The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-21 00:00:00

RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WIIISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ". 1 1inahan's LL Whisky." rrirE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting' of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Sc., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager, The Wellington, St. .Tames's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. %TADAME RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH and AL A BASTER POWDER Beautiful for ever. --47A, New Bond-street. THE DUTCH TRAMWAY COMPANY (Limited). Registered under the Companies Act, 1862, with limited liability. Capital Deppsit on applicatio£so,ooo, in ,000 shares of £lO each. n £l 5 er share, and £2 on allotment. DIRECTORS. Ch hill ai man—John 'Chynoweth, Esq., Holland Park, Notti ng - N. D. Goldsmid Esq., Director Hague Gas Works Company, The Hague. James P. Gregory, Esq., Director Hague Gas Works Com pany, Brussels. 1) . J. Landry, Esq., Banker. The Hague. JVan Lennep, Esq., Chairman Amsterdam Water Work; Company, M Amsterdam. Alexander acdonald, Esq., 21 Jermvn-street, St. James's, Cornelius Waltord, Esq., Little , Park, Enfield. James White, Esq., Upton Park, Slough. ENGINEERS. Messrs. Street and Marmont, 4, Parliament -et., Westminster. !dea SOLICITORS. n's. Hughes, Masterman, an 1 Hughes, 17, Bucklersbury, London. a. De Bas, Esq., The Hague. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq , Auction Mart, Bank. BANKERS. All:iftlICO Bank (Limited), Lothbury. P. J. Landry, Esq., The Hague. AUDITORS. 'TIC Get - iell, Esq., 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Messrs. Cooper Brothers and CO., Public Accountants, 13, George •Street, Mansion House. SECRETARY. Mr. G. F. Smith. Offices-18, Cannon-street, E.C. ---- This Company Is formed for the purpose of carrying out Concessions for makin g an d working Tramways in the king domof Holland and a dj acent states. A concession for a dcuble Tramway from the Hague to Scheveningue (the :Brighton of Holland) has already been obtained on favour able terms, and a contract has been concluded with respon sible English contractors, by which they undertake to pur chase the land, to make the lines, and provide all the rolling stock, horses, '&,c., for th e sum of £lO,OOO. The remaining 410,000 will b e required for a working o;:pltal. The works are in active pr. - ).), - ress, and will be completed 111 14 brought into operation in the course of the month of May text. The line will commence in the principal square in the town of turning the Hague, and follo w t h e ordinary route to Scheveningue Te by another route, via the Canal and Zoological Ga rdens, to the same station, being a total length of about seven Elizlish miles. Sc he'veningue, the only marine suburb in Holland, is re torte'l i o by large numbers of visitors, chiefly from Amster lia,F.l; Rotternam, Utrecht, and other towns. 4 , r'rom minute information furnished by the town authori "es, the number of vehicles employed in this traffic has been ascertained to make 110 000 journeys a year, each conveying I ° ll an average six persons, and the total number of visitors :bow entering Scheveningue in carriages and on foot amounts 10 about 4, , 00,0' 0 a year; of these it may fairly be estimated that one-fourth will travel by the Tramway. In addition thereto, about 20,000 tons of fish, merchandise, and provisions are carried annually between the Hague and Scheveningue, fo which it is assumed that one-alt at least will be carrie 93r the Tramway. From existin ,sources of traffi d c an annual Ftacome of at least £20,000 may safely be calculated upon. r om carefully p repared estimates of the cost of horse p, waves, rep a i rs, and every contingency, the general re sult is that a net dividend of not less than 15 per cent. on the proposed capital may fairly b e rel i ed upon. . A. large number of shares h as a l ready b en su b scr ib ed for In Holland, which furnishes a proof of the high estimation In which this undertak,ng is held by the Dutch people. Ap plications for the remaining shares may be made to the -putßrokers, or to the Secretsr at the Offices, , Cannon-treet, n o application will beconsidered unless accampanied by ath e de posit of £1 p er share ; should no allotment be made to Ma a.,plicant, this su m w i ll be returned in full. rch, 1804. T" DUTCH TRAMWAY COMPANY NOTICE (Limited). IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no farther ap ntio,,,n_for Shares i n the above Company will be received plica atter -ow RSDAY NEXT, March, q.ith inst. By order, Of fices, 16, C annon -street, E.c., (3. F. SMITH, Secretary. Idareb.l9, 1861. HE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY Capital (Litaited)-DOUGLAS to PEEL. borreu-with 1 Xylo,ooo, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, usual furthe; ' ,, n tiP ° _ e wers. Deposit £1 per share on application, k' ant on allotment £1 10a. per share. Samuel Gibe o DIRECTORS. Williaru - attY, Esq., M.P. Belfast. Regent's-' Londonderry, and Richard A.. p m ark i Lo Esq., ndon. riarriso n 8 81 1,, Merchant, Liverpool. dleYt Etiq., Merchant, Liverpool, lla aegt Rigby, Es q ., R ow, survey. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dumbell, Son, and Howard, Douglas. ENGINEER. O.W. Ilemans, Esq., C.E., 13, Queen-square,Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's. in gs, Liver?onl. 144tuuel Harris, Esq., Douglas. AMDITOR. Thomas W. Read, Esq., 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. Thomas Be got, SECRETARY. E sq,, 5, James-street, Liverpool. P. B BROKERS. c rinkwater, Esq., 32, Exchange•st. East, Liverpool. Xdvv es B tanleY t Esq., 3, Throgmorton• s tr ee t, L on d on . ‘l4 J. Beverl ey, Erg , ard Ash w'Ath, Esq., L eedsExchange-chambera, Manchester. Thi s Comp an y has been formed for the const ruc ti on o f a to t y Ay from D oug l as t o P ee l ( pass i ng t h rough St. John ' s), to Ae Isl e o f M an. T he i mproved trade of these important 1" t no, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing a'Pulation of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the member of visitors during late years, call for the immediate tatroduction of railways. Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great ; and Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and avove average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea ced for M anure. The expense and trouble, however, of 4 carriage, h ave hith er t o rendered these advantages cora- Paratively unavailable. of the Quarries ar e i n ac ti ve opera ti on; an d th e qua lit y "L the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to itlY Produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite hear St. J o h n ' s compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. ' oll, t's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdalo raininc , district. The produce of the se m i nes is now brought by land-carriage (there being ta water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly tea miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as Well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of t affirc, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletown, Ramsey, and Laxey : Douglas being the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam pack e t s plyi ng t o an d from the Island. At the port of Pee! the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and. the transit by the existing means ex pensi The access to the Island is easy, and the means of com munication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by sailing and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above 100,000 p assengers having been landed at its Ports 'during the past yea.. Such Visitors, attracted by the antiquarian relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter of course, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The Picturesque is united with the more solid advantage of cheap living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex pensive, whilst the rates of duti es on f ore i gn pro d uce are so small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per manent place of residenee. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are tow expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. ea re Prom Statistics rece n tly co ll ecte d on the spot, w i th much , by competent persons, and well supported by Official Iteturns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic will re turn D' • , a goo Dividend upon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing is an Estimate of the Traffic : Passengers, inclusive of Tourists 5,500£7,500 per annum. &c Parcel s an d M ails 150 Ll 3 Working E x p enses at even 50 per Cen lso t. 6,,500 Leaving for Dividend ................ £6,660 Plans, Sections, &c., of the Line are completed, and all necessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with t ile St. siding Orders o f th e C ourt of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the va lue of Railway property in England and other countries, no less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. , he land . make the Au eminent Cotractor's firm have a gree d to purchase the Rollin Railway, provide and fit u p a ll S tations, g Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, neon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent, per A nnum t!1 be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amou n t Paul uPon shates. . An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. the Poring of Application for Shares may be obtained from Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. ---------------- COMPANY OTICE THE I SLE OF MAN RAILWAY (Limited). ...N IS HEREBY GVEN, that THURDAY next, Lite 21th I M lO rch instant. is I he LAS S on DAY up which A.Pi•LICA.TNS ior SHARES may be made. and 5, B MW IVf3 B y order o f t h e Board. 4 -bllildingS, DU/4117, 1861. . __.~. THE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY (Limited.) (FOR ADVANCES ON MERCHANDISE AND SECURITIES.) Incorporated under the Companies' rob, I SU. Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each. nrit Issue, 20,000 shares. Deposit per share on application, and £1 per share on allotment. Future calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals of three months. DIRECTORS. Joseph Bravo, Esq., of J. Bravo and Co., London. Archibald Bruce, Esq., of the late firm of Bruce and Co., AbOlTurch -lane; London. W. J. R. Cotton, Esq., of Culverwell, Broo' s, and Cotton, . _ London. A. D. De Pass, Esq., of De Pass and Sons, London. Abel Heywood. Esq., ex-Mayor of Manchester, Director of the Alliance Bank, Manchester. George Harvey Jay, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard, late of the firm of Quilter, Ball, and Jay. London. Thomas Jolly, Esq., of Thom is Jolly and Co , Manchester. William M'Andrew, Esq., of William ML•Andrew and Sons, London. H. R. Marriott, Esq., of Henry Marriot` and Co., Manchester. William M. Neill, Esq., of Neill Brothers and Co., London and Manchester. George Palmer Robinson, Esq., Director of the Alliance hank, London. Albert R cardo, Esq., of A. and W. Ricardo, London. William Rawstron, Esq., of Ralph Rawstron, M .nchester. BANKERS, London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank. N°. 22,382. MR W R. W. S. OODIN'S ELOPEM ENT EXTRAORDINARY and BACHELOR'S BOX—an entirely new entertainment—will be produced at the Poly graphic Hall, King William-street, Cnaring-cross, on TUESDAY EVENING, March 22. -- Doors open at half-past seven, commence at eight, First Morning Performance, Saturday, March 26, at three. Stalls, Ss, ; area, 2s. ; amphi theatre, is. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY BACHELOR'S BOX. TE 0 XFOR D, _____ 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented baud and chorus ; and other Slusical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell,.VV almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. Director, Mr. F. Jong,hmans. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Macln,gan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Will shortly be produce'', THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai; and THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. Admission—Area, 6d, ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all teen duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of .` The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when " Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Cry,tal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The ROYAL CIRQUE of the NF.TIIERLANDS.— Triumphant Success.—EVEßY EVENING- at Seven. Morning Performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at Two o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. The ROYAL CIRQUE of the NETHERLANDS. This, the first Company in the World, will appear EVERY EVENING, for a limited period. Mona, FRANCOIS LOISSET, Director. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The crreatest Fem.le Rider of the Age, the wondrous Mdlle. LOUISE LOISSET. ItOYAL ALHAMBRA.- The New and Elegant BALLET DIVERTISEMENT EVERY EVENING. NEW AND MAGNIFICENT ADDITIONS—PERIOD 139 E 1/ADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. Full-length models of HENRY IV., of ENGLAND, and his QUEEN, JANE of NAVARRE, in the splendid costumes of the period, copied from ancient manuscripts, being a con tinuation of British Kings and Queens from the Conqueror, are now added. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the eveninT an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Asters ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. Fron,faliVam7, - urling, and Walls, Fre derick' -plate, Old Jewry. „ Messrs. Flux and Arp.:les, Mincing-lane. Liverpool -Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone. Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon. MORERS. London—Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, Mo , rgate-street. Liverpool—Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain. Manchester—Messrs. Shore and Kirk. TEMPORARY OFFICE E 4. 21, Throgmorton-street, London. PROSPECTUS. While Exchange Banks aril Credit Institu'ions have been established to connect this country financially with almost every foreign market, and to give fact Pies for conveying to our shores every descrii tion of merchandise, it is remarkable that as soon as the operation of importing is performed the monetary facilities are withdrawn. The bills drawn upon our merchants mature, and must either be 'net by the mer chant's capital unaided, or by sales. '1 hug, when tempo rarily there is an excess of any commodity imported, its price is undu y depressed, ands riou, losses are incurre Ordinary bankers and discount houses dislike making ad vances upon merchandise, having no organisation for exa mining the goods and correct y estimating their value. What they want are good bills, drawn on those who, know ing the value, have accepted for a fair advance. Division of labour is here as elsewhere found to be most convenient and profitable. To meet this want, which every merchant must acknow ledge, the Warrant Banking Company is formed. The bu 4- nese of the Company will mainly consist in making thrums upon deposit of the staple articles of produce, represented by dock warrants or other means of absolute assignment, duly inspected and valued on behalf of the Company, and with a proper margin to allow for depreciation. These advances will be made in acceptances by the Com piny of the drafts of its, customers, and as every bill will re- Present mer bandise readily convertble, and 13 , at the same time secured by tte whole ca , ital of a powerful Company, the exact position lif which will be patent to all, there can be no doubt that t:ne whole Dis cunt Market will be available when it is dested by the holder to turn the bill into cash. It will be readily apparent that the existence of such an institution, while it will be of g rea t serv i ce t o merchants, an d increase the stability of the entire class, will be an equal con venience to bankers and aiscount firms, f urnishing them with a class of bills ra , ely obtainable. In order to render the due payment of the Company's acceptances certain, the Directors undertake that the entire paid-up capital of the Company will be invested, and, so far as practicable, remain invested in British and East Indian Government securities, and upon deposit at call, and it is proposed that the c a pit a l th us p a id up and invested within the first year shall reach the sum of at least £200,000. The field which exists for such an undertaking will be at once apparent from a glance at the Board of Trade returns of foreign irnpor's for the past year, which amounted (not to speak of home produce) to over X 200,000,000. If we estimate the average stock of foreign goods held in warehouse, as equal to three months' consumption, it would represent an amount of £50,000,000. Advances may also be made when deemed advisable upon Stocks and Shares, in permanent undertakings readily con vertible. A ieTsonable proportion will always be maintained be tween the extent of business undertaken and the cal'ed-up capital. Should it be necessary, the latter will be increased to one million sterling, to b 3 invested as already indicated, simply as a guarantee fund. Branches will, in due time, be established at Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, &c. &c. The Directors will not receive any remuneration until the shareholders have been paid £5 per cent. by way of dividend on their paid-up capital. Atter payment of 5 per cent. the Directors will receive one-fifth of the nett profits. No promotion money will be paid for originating this un dertaking,. The preliminary expenses will be confined to the necessary disbursements Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, bankers, solicitors, and at the tem porary offices of the Company, but no application for shares will be considered un'ess a deposit of £1 per share has been revioe ly p id to the bankers of the Company. In the event of no a lotment being made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and should the number allotted be less than the number applied for, the payment in excess will be applied towards the balance of the deposit. FORK OF APPLICA.TTON" FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.— To the Directors of the Warrant Blinking Company (L'inited). Gentlemen, —Having pitd to your Bankers the sum of being - a Depo it of .£1 per share on shares in the above company, I hereby request that you wi'l allot me that num ber, and I iwyee to become a member of the Company in re spect of such shares, or in respect of any less nuts ber you may al of me ; and to pay on alotment the further deposit of £4 p r share thereon, an reqest that my name may be placed on the Register of Alcmbe s for the s ares so alloted. Yame in full Res deuce Profession or business Date THE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY (Limited) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no further APPLI CATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received after THIS DAY, 310NDAY, March 21st. By Order. Temporary Offices, 21, Thromorton-sfrect, London, Mardi 21, ISGI. • ff i 1411V4116.--)HIS kx. c: • • `s• „ • S C .'S - „. • - tho ,S.„` - ` • - ‘• • • , ---- • , ; ) - e „ . - ,i arsa ; • „ : . . - ,416 1 11. • „ ‘,Ait , Driir .&. • ,•• /4i- 0 -nßorr •"\ gir • !!!„'""4" , --"' • PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED:....Sd. Economic Life Assurance Society. ANNUAL MEETING. The ordinary annual meeting, and also the ex traordinary quinquennial meeting of members of this Society was held on Saturday afternoon, at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for the purpose of receiving the Auditor's Report for the year 1863, and the Directors' report upon the value of the funds of the society, its engagements and the valuation of the policies, with a view to the declaration of a bonus. Henry Barnett, occu pied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, briefly but feelingly alluded to the deaths of Messrs. Biddulph and Routh, and remarked that that cir cumstance was the occasion of his occupying the chair at that meeting. In order to show their appre ciation of the services of the late Mr. Biddulph they had elected his son as a member of their board, and the other vacancy had been filled up by the elec tion as director of Mr. A'Court Repington, of the National Debt Office. The statement of accounts, read by Mr. A. Mac donald, the secretary, having been adopted, and the retiring auditors re-elected, the quinquennial meeting was held, at which Mr. Downes, jun., the actuary, read the following report:— " Since the last division, 2,641 policies,assuring £2,050,788, have been issued, giving an annual average of 528 policies of £777 each—a large and steady increase of the business. The sum of £72,702 has been received during the five years in new premiums, being at the rate of £14,540 a year. The total income from premiums, which in 1859 was £182,429, now amounts to £214,104, indicating an average annual in crease of £4,385, after allowing for loss of income from dis continued policies ; while the gross income from all sources has increased at the rate of £10,230 per annum. Claims have arisen dUring the five years on 794 policies, assuring £524,327, and carrying bonuses to the amount of £116,899. In addition to the bonuses on policies upon which claims have arisen, the sum of £87,149 has been paid as bonus in other ways, such as in reductioa of bonus liability by cash payment, reduction of premium, purchase, &c., making a total of £201,048. In the valuation of the assets, an ample margin has been allowed for possible fluc tuation of the funds ; and in the valuation of the liabilities, the risk premiums only have been taken into account. The remaining portion of the premium income, after defraying the expense of management, commission, &c., will accumu late till the next division, when the amount realised will be found in the surplus. By this arrangement, old and new assurers contribute rateably to the expenses of manage• ment, and no profit is declared by anticipation. The assets, consisting of funded property, mortgages, life interests, and reversions, premiums due on Dec.3l (since paid), interest ac crued on investments, balance at bankers and in hand, amount to £2,315,129195. 2d, The liabilities, consisting of the values of policies and the bonuses already declared, claims ac crued in 1863 but due in 1864, commission, taxes, and sun dry small accounts, amount to £1,964,739 is 7d. There is, therefore, after making provision for every known liability, a surplus of £350,393 17s 7d. The directors recommend that £329,890 of this surplus be distributed as absolute bonus ; and that the remaining sum of £20,500 17s 7d be retained for the payment of annual, contingent, and conditional bonuses. It is further recommended that out of this sum of £20,50017s 7d, an annual contingent bonus of £1 per cent per annum be added to the absolute bonus on such policies, now entitled to participate, as shall become claims during the cur rent quinquennial period, viz., on policies which become claims in 1864, £1; in 1865, £2; in 1866, £3; in 1867, £4; in 1868, £5 per cent. on sum assured. To those policies which are not entitled to participate in the present bonus, by reason of five annual premiums not having been paid upon them, but on which claims may arise after the payment of the fifth annual premium and before the next quinquennial investigation, they propose to add a bonus of like amount as if five annual premiums had been paid prior to the pre sent division. The sum of £329,890 will produce rever sionary bonuses amounting to £506,300, yielding a per centage ranging from sto 34, or on the average of the sums assured; and a per centage ranging from 26 to 160, or 591 on the average, on the premiums received in respect of which the bonus is allotted. The same options are offered as at the last division, and so the present bonus may be assured ; 3d, in a reduction of the premiums for five years only; or, 4th, in a reduction of the premiums for the re mainder of life. The society now assures by 9,022 policies the sum of £7,233,564, and has an assurance fund amounting to £2,272,385 11d., and an annual income of £307,475. The large number of assurances in force affords a protection to the society against those deviations from the average which attend a paucity of numbers, while the re spective amounts of the capital and the income attest the firm and satisfactory condition of the society. The experi ence of the society during this period (the fourth which has elapsed since paying off the shareholders), has fully realised the expectations of the directors, and they feel assured that the members will share their satisfaction." The CHAIRMAN gathered from the cheers which had followed the reading of the report that it was not altogether unsatisfactory. (Hear, hear.) The society had been now forty years in exist ence. At the end of the first twenty years they had paid off the shareholders, and since that time they had been going on, and had now ar rived at a tolerably mature age. Tae present quinquennial investigation was, therefore, the more interesting seeing that they had been long enough in existence as testing the accuracy of the foundations upon which the society was esta blished. During the peat 40 years they had made steady progress. Their capital had been rolling up, and they had now to deal with very large figures. The assets of the company were calculated at £2,300,000 and upwards. The premium income was £214,000, and the total income amounted to £307,000. The accumulations, therefore, in com parison with the statement of five years ago, showed an increase of £475,000 to their property, that was in addition to the sums paid as claims and in reduc tion of various liabilities. It was true they owed rather a large sum, their liabilities being £7,200,000, the present value of which was £3,359,000. To meet this they had in hand £2,315,000, and five years' purchase of the premium income would make up the whole sum necessary to meet the valua tion of the liabilities. That he submitted was a very satisfactory position to be in, and one which he thought must satisfy even the critical mind of the Chancellor of th© Exchequer. (A laugh.) Their assets in fact amounted to no less than 30 per cent. of the whole of their liabilities. He considered their actuary (Mr. Downes) had shown great skill in bringing out these figures, and the board had every confidence that the surplus now presented was actu ally divisible among the policy-holders. The pre sent bonus amounted to £329,890 in hard present money, which in reversion would produce £506,000, which was a large sum. In 1858, the total sum they had divisible was £304,000, or about £25,000 lees than they had now. As the business had rolled on during the five years there had been 2,600 policies added, and 1,400 had run off in one way or another. It would be seen by the report that the average bonus now to be declared on the premiums received was 591 per cent., against 65 per cent. at the last quinquennial meeting. This might atifirst sight seem startling, and some might regard it as an indication that they were going down hill, but the explanation he thought would be satis factory. ID point of fact the amount was spread over a much larger surface. It was an average they had young lives at one end, and old lives at the other; and unless they could get the old lives to go off as fast as the young lives came on, there would necessarily be a variation reducing the average, but Werewere issued during the first three or four years of the society. The number of policies during the past quinquennial period was 2,641 as against 2,578 in the previous five years; the amount assured by them £2,050,000 as a gainst £1,875,000. The average number of policies per annum was 528 against 516 in the former period; the average amount of each policy £777 as against £729 ; and the average of each policy issued in 1863 was £893. This led him to the conclusion that so far as they were concerned they need not take much heed of the Government Annuities Bill. (Hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer was going into a description of business which this office did not court, and they were willing to leave him to carry out his scheme as he best NEWSPAPER . _~` /,:.•-‘,,‹,- -,,,---,%, . ._ , ~.., ,—. . 4 could. It was no doubt the duty of a ' - __,ef - ctt. iV• f ee er y Government to look after the inter tsl;er - .4lteV4 . working classes, and they had no righ ' k l :OV - -'' - ' 44 :-." plain that Mr. Gladstone had taken up the sttject ri S Small policies such es the Government contemplated did not pay as well as large ones. The Economia issued policies as low as £lOO, but they did not like them, experience having shown that the larger the amount of the policy the better for the office, the premiums being calculated upon the average risk of life, and provision being made for expenses and a fair margin of prefin Suppose, for instance, the margin for expenses and profit were taken at 25 per cent., if they insured a life for £lOO at an annual premium of £4, £1 would go every year for office expenses, and any balance that might accrue ns be tween that charge and the actual proportion of office expenses belonging to the policy would acme mulate for the benefit of the policyholders gene rally. But if they insured a life for £l,OOO at an an nual premium of £49, they would have £lO ever3-year towards the expenses of management, and .as the cost to the office would be the same, there would be so much more left to accumulate as profit for the general good. It was found, by comparing the expenses of management with the number of pelicies in force, that the annual cost of each policy was nearly £l, and the Chancellor of the Exch equer showed that he was well informed upon all fi les , points when he stated it would be necessary far the Government to charge a higher rate of premium than the average of the ordinary insurance offices. Some years ago it was thought the premiums charged by the Economic were calculated at too low a rate, and that the office was not quite safe in con sequence ; but during the 40 years it had been established they had paid back 30 per cent. to the policy-holders without reference to the average, besides making ample provisions for all liabilities. The total amount declared in bonuses since they started was £l,36s,ooo—(cheers)—of which amount they had redeemed by cash payments, lives drop ping in, and other ways, £803,000, leaving out standing £562,000. They were now adding £500,000 odd to that amount, making in round numbers about a million of liabilities for bonus on existing policies, which they were quite prepared to pay as those policies fell in. Another favourable feature in the business of the society was that poli cies were taken out on older lives than formerly, yielding a higher rate of premium, and showing that the value of the office had been maturely cone sidered by the insuring public. It was difficult, from the uncertainty of life, to arrive at an aver. age bonus, but he might state that the highest they had paid was upon a policy of £2,500 taken out at the age of 54 on a life that fell in at the ego of 83. To the representatives of that life the directors had the pleasure of paying over £2,171 besides the £2,500, or 87 7 1 per cent. on the premiums paid. At the other end of the scale, on a life that dropped in very early, the policy carried only 52 per cent. bonus. The funds of the office arising from the accumulation of premiums had been invested at an average rate of £4 4s. ld., against £4 2s. 4d. in 1858. This might appear a small rate of interest looking at the high value of money lately, but the board were tied down to the funds and other investments which paid a low rate of interest, but were free from risk, and he added that the office had not made a single bad investment or bad debt since he had known it. (Hear.) The directors took credit for the economy exercised in the conduct of the business of the office, the total expenses notexceeding 21 per cent. on the gross income. (Cheers.) He then announced that negotiations were in progress for taking over the business of the Amicable upon terms which would be perfectly safe for the Economic, and after paying a high compliment to the actuary (Mr. Downes), and the secretary, Mr. Macdonald, for their zeal and attention, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report. The Right Hon. E, P. BOUVERIE, M.P. (director) seconded the motion, which was carried unani- mously. The next motion, that £329,890 be distributed as bonus among the policy holders, was also cirried ; as was another resolution providing that one oar cent. tier annum should b 3 uaid as additional bonus on policies becoming claims during the ensuing five years ; and notice was given of a motion for a future meeting to increase the remuneration of the directors from £1,500 to £2,000 a year. The directors retiring by rotation were re-elected. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, and a similar compliment to the actuary and secre tary, concluded the business. THE PUGIN MEMORIAL.—The duties of the com mittee have been brought to a close by the execution of the deed of trust by the president and council of the Institute of British Architects. The proceeds of the fund (-1S40) have been invested in London and North-Western Rail way shares, and will yield 40 guineas annually to a Pugin. travelling student. • It is understood that a Pugin, medal will be presented to each student at discretion, MAZZINI'S MORAL DAGGER.—What M. Mazzini's "moral dagger" may be we know not. It is proved from his writings that he advocated the use of the physical dagger, and eulogised the men who slew tyrants such as Cresar, and Rossi as an exemplar to those who might essay the life of obstacles to republican liberty like Carlo Alberto or Louis Napoleon. It is at least unfortunate for a Minis ter of the Crown in a constitutional country to have been associated in hie ante-official period so very closely with the arch-enemy of monarchy and constitutions, and to hays very recently had, according to his own admission, rela tions with a man lately convicted, on the clearest evidence to our minds, of having been in communication with a per son engaged in conspiring with other Italian desperadoes to assassinate the Emperor of the French; M. Mazzin's moat detested and formidable enemy. Let us reverse the case. Suppose John Mitchell were in Paris, bent on illustrating his peculiar modes of making war on the Saxon enemy; that a band of conspirators were attested in London previ ous to an attack on the Queen or even Lord Palmerston, among whom were Mr Mitchell's intimates ; and that it was proved that Mr Mitchell was a constant visitor and personal friend of one of the Emperor's ministers,—let us consider for one moment whether public opinion in this country would be satisfied by the repetition of the process in Par liament and out of it, which is considered sufficient to sa tisfy France. Mr. Stansfeld has done good service since ho has been in office, but he should not have been restrained by any sense of personal dignity from giving such ample cxplanaticns as shall satisfy national honour and good faith.—Army and Nary Gazette. Mr. E. M. WARD has just completed another of the series of pictures with which he is commissioned to decorate the Commons' corridors in the Houses of Parlia ment. This work has been executed in the stereochrome cr water-glass material, and by its brilliancy and clearness, as well as by the facility with which it has been produced, testifies to the suitability of that method of treatment. It is one of Mr. Ward's most successful pictures, and does him great honour in its technical excellencies. The subject is "The Landing of Charles 11, at Dover, at the Restoration." The King, who is splendidly dressed, after his taste, is step ping to the beach from his state barge ; he raises his hat in salutation to the people assembled to welcome him, keeps his head aloft and looks at them. A. resemblance to Charles has been admirably given by the artist in the face, with its dark complexion, strong and rather harsh features, and that debauched look he had. Foremost of the crowd stands Monk, hat in hand, with a stooping, half cringing air, that is clumsily courteous. Here again the likeness of the mart is excellent. Enthusiastic Royalists, and persons who were ready to shout for anything, make up the groups of officials and spectators. Among them isanold man supposed to have suffered his beard to grow, pursuant to a vow to do so until the King returned. Some dissolute-louking courtiers, young men, stand in the barge, their heads being visible above the roof of its cabin. One of the best figures in the design is that of a young sailor, vociferously cheering, whose back is to wards us. The drawing of the bare legs and arms of this man is bold, broad and true, exactly what is required in works on the scale of this one. There is noteworthy solidity in the painting of this figure and in some of the others. Among those in the background of the group is a woman holding up a child that it may look at the King. The land scape shows Dover heights, castle and cliffs. 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By Order of the Board. 24, Bucklersbury, 19th March, 1864. and with gratitude the receipts of many letters of congratula tion from various artists, from members of the Press, and from the public generally, for the great boon conferred on them by the effort of ours to est iblish an English opera. Whatever tho result to our own fortunes, we feel, at any rate, that we have made an honest offer to advance the art which is to us a labour of love ; and that in the faee of much discouragement we have preserved to the end, and have ful filled every engagement. It may remain for others to tread a mlre successful path to fame and fortune, but even they must learn by experience that "They who lived to please, must please to lire." In conclusion, to all those kind friends who have latoured with us, or aided us, before or behind the curtain, we tender our respectful, our grateful thanks, and so bid our last fare well as managers to the stage of Covent GardeniTheatre. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO MR. HARRISON AND MISS LOUISA PYNE. At the close of the performance the members of the com pany, the officers of the establishment, and several well known musical amateurs assembled on the stage to present testimonials to Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison on the termination of their managerial career. The gifts, which were in all respects precisely similar, consisted of two very elegant silver breakfast services, made by Messrs. A. B. Savory and Co,, and covered with rich and tasteful engraving by Messrs. Cook and Co., of Corn hill. The service destined for Miss Louisa Pyne bore the fol lowing inscription, written by Mr. Edward Murray, the able and courteous acting manager :—" Presented to Miss Louisa Pyne by the artistes and employes of the Royal English Opera and a few lovers of native art, as a tribute of gratitude and admiration won by the eminent services which she has rendered to the National School of Music, by affording a home to English opera for eight successive seasons, and by the brilliant talent which she has displayed in embodying the creations of English composers." The companion service intended for Mr. W. Harrison bore the same inscription, with merely a change of name, The lessees were greeted on their appearance with loud and cordial acclamations, and the chair was then taken by the Rev. Horace Roberts, who had been chosen by the sub scribers as their spokesman. In an eloquent and feeling speech he dwelt upon the excellence which had charac terised all the arrangements of the Royal English Opera both before and behind the curtain, and which was due, not alone to the skill of the various heads of departments, to whose ability he paid a warm tribute, but also to the judgment and energy of those who had exercised supreme control over the establishment. He deplored the pecuniary losses which had been entailed upon Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison by their bold and useful undertaking. but expressed his firm conviction that they had done a good work and sown seed from which abundant fruit would be be reaped in time to come. He then :presented the testi monials, which, he said, but poorly represented the warm feelings of admiration and esteem by Which their donors were inspired. Both Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Har rison 'were evidently much affected by the cordial response which these remarks elicited from all those who were pre sent, and the latter said : " Ladies and Gentlemen—For Miss Louise Pyne and my self, I beg most sincerely to thank you for the handsome testimonial you have now presented to us. We receive it with great pleasure at the conclusion of this our eighth and last eventful season—eventful, at least, to us, being replete with hopes, fears, and distresses. Hopes that by our united efforts we should establish a permanent English opera,which probably we have laid the foundation for ; fears that our great pecuniary losses would prevent our doing so ; and ells tresses, that because we managed with strict discipline (without which in a theatre of this magnitude neither order nor respectability can ever be maintained) some spirits would be offended, However, we need only open the eyes of our intellect to see that no person or persons at the head of a large body of people can please all. Some malcontents, whose minds cannot grasp the difficulties of discipline and order, or understand the propriety of maintaining it, will always arise. But it is not to those we are now addressing ourselves, but to the friendly spirits who have each in their sphere endeavoured to aid us iu our onerous task. To those we would say, if any undue severity through over. zeal in our art has, during our management, ever distressed them, we are heartily sorry for it, and can truly say, ' Naught did we in real anger, but all for the love of our art.' Those who know me best are best aware of my utter incapa city to shape my thoughts into an eloquent speech; I pray you, therefore, to pardon the incompleteness of the present one, and to believe that Miaa Pyne and my --a rz,ntafril by rmrtinc. FP. membrance, which will ever be cherished in our hearts with feelings of the truest pleasure for the sympathy you have now shown us. In conclusion, I beg once more to tender our united thanks, and also to express a hope that we may meet again in a more genial atmosphere. To each and all our warmest thanks and adieus, with best wishes for health and happiness." 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Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, Oa Saturday evening the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison terminated after extending over eight seasons. The performances consisted of Auber's sparkling opera of" Fra Dia vole" and the " Beggar's Opera.," the latter being compressed into one act. The applause at the close of each opera was enthusiastic, and it cannot but be regretted that a better result has not attended the exertions of the joint management to establish a national English Opera. The following farewell address was circulated in the house during the evening : Ladies and G entlemen,-r-As we have announced, to-night Opera at Covent-garden. Our art-stewardship is at an end ; and although many persons may imagine that they could have managed the estate better, we can at least say, with mournful sincerity, that unlike some stewards, we have cer tainly not enriched ourselves. That there may have been errors in our management we are not slow to admit; and those who criticise the actors on the larger stages of our great political theatres have, some at least, in evident kindness and favour to our enterprise, condescended to point those errors out. We have had the strongest possible motives for trying to do our best, inasmuch as we have had to rely solely on our own pecuniary resources; to depend on no energies but our own ; and, in the end, to encounter loss for no one beside ourselves. It requires no very great stretch of memory to recal the time when there existed no home for English Opera—no theatre in which our native composers could secure a hearing at the bar of public criticism for works which demanded a large and well-trained body of artists to interpret them. It is our boast to be able to say that such a home, such a theatre we have furnished —such a body of artists we have brought together. bier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen accorded us her patronage for a purely English opera— and such it has been our study in every sense to make it, having produced, with the exception of Meyerbeer's* " Dinorah" and Flo tow's " Martha," solely English operas, and employing solely English artists. This Row becomes a grcund of accusation against us, and we are told that it has been most impolitic to exclude foreign operas from our too exclusively English house. This may be so in a pecuniary sense, but we have at least been faith ful to our original purpose, and if we have, in a mistaken patriotism, lost the battle, we are the sole losers, while many, during the past eight seasons, have highly profited by our efforts.t Of one most ungenerous inuendo we feel bound to take notize. In announcing a scheme, •yet in embryp, for the performance of English and adaptations of foreign operas, a rather zealous partisan has said of its committee, " Its members are noblemen and gentlemen of rank and distinc tion, placed by their social position above the reach of un worthy motives." Now, whether the desire to establish a permanent home for English opera in this country, on a scale to compete with establishments devoted to the performance of foreign operas, and thereby to elevate English art ; to open a geld for the talent of native composers and native artiste, both vocal and instrumental; to bring the theatres, behind the scenes, into such order that the purest lady might visit it ; to rule with strict discipline, without which order can never be maintained in such an establishment ; to throw the whole of our respective fortunes, time and talents into the service, an I simply to desire out of it to obtain an honourable liveli • hood for our respective families—be unworthy motives, we willingly leave to the public to decide. In the course of our eight seasons we have produced 15 operas and five operettas, together with 11 revivals, all ad mitted to be works of excellence, though all have not com manded the success of which competent judges have pro nounced them deserving. It is not too much to say that the bulk of these works would not have been composed but for the existence of the Royal English Opera; without it, if composed, would have remained in the safe guardianship of their composers. We would respectfully submit that while dramatic art appeals to the whole public, the operatic branch of it finds but a limited audience, and that, too, the most intellectual, the most cultivated, and the most fastidious. The managers of great operatic establishments have no ultimate gauge or standard but success, and must stand or fall by the taste of their patrons. It cannot be urged in sober earnest that any person, or any association of persons, will ever be found in this country who will persevere in a steady course of failure from the mere love of art. It has been amongst the distresses of our management occasionally to refuse works offered, but this has never been done NV ithout due deliberation, in which we have invariably taken counsel of others less interested than ourselves finan cially, but equally interested with ourselves in the advance ment of art. In some instances the libretto offered might have done good service to the columns of that admirable caricaturist, Punch. But as regards authorship, we have had to contend with difficulties of two classes—the mauifest unfitness of many works offered for our acceptance ; and the refusal of some authors to permit a perusal of their MS S without a guarantee of performance. Now, as no opera can be prodaced without several weeks' rehearsal, to the exclusion of all else, and the outlay on every new work varies from £2,000 to £3,000, while the risk of failure is trebled if a story be unpopular, it can be well imagined that under these circumstances we may have un wittingly offended many authors, and missed some works which might have been successful. Liberal offers have been made to every male singer of eminence; and if these have been unwilling to join the company, we surely c.ulnk)t be blamed for not having acelired their services. 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Betting on the Great Northamptonshire States took a somewhat wide range, several horses being invested on for that event. Gardener was in force, and closed at 10 to 1 (taken freely). Wingrava, Lord Zetland, Dollar, and Touch-and-go were each steady, at the prices quoted ; but an offer of 14 " ponies" against Blithfield met with no re sponse, although in the earlier part of the afternoon 12 to 1 had been accepted about him. 109 to 6 was offered against Fairwater ; and 20 to 1 was taken about Sheridan, 200 to 7 Flash-in the-pan, and 50 to 1 Welbeck.—We did not per ceive a transaction on the Chester Cup ; and the only horses supported for the City and Suburban were Voluptas and Lord Burleigh.—For the Two Thousand Guineas Fille de l'Air, Paris, Cambuscan, and Claremont were invested on ; for the Derby, Hollyfos closed a better favourite than his stable companion, Baragah.—Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agat Gardener (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agat Lord Zetland (taken) 100 to 8 agst Dollar (taken) 14 to 1 agst Blithfield (offered) 14 to 1 agat Costa (offered) 100 to 6 agat Touch and Go (taken) 100 to 6 agst Fairwater (offered) 20 to 1 agat Sheridan (taken) 200 to 7 agst Flash in the Pan (taken) 33 to 1 agst Blondin (offered) 33 to 1 agat Alabama (offered) 40 to 1 agat Union Jaok (offered) 60 to 1 agst Welbeck (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 7on the field (offered) 25 to 1 agst Voluptas (taken) 100 to 3 agst Lord Burleigh (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Change (offered) D o t o 7 agst Golden Pledge (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agat Fille de l'Air (taken) 6to 1 agst Paris (taken) 15 to 2 agst Cambuscan (taken) 10 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) THE 50 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 1000 to 16 agst Baragah (taken) The Oxford and Cambridge Billiard Matches, The single-handed billiard match between the champions of the respective Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was played on Saturday evening at the Volunteer Billiard Rooms, 21, Leicester-square, in the presence of a very large number of the past and present members of tho twe seats of learning. On the previous evening Messrs. Payne and Horne won the double match on the part of Cambrid4e, as they did last year; and it being apparent that both players had much improved, increased interest was created, although it was well known that the Oxford representative was an exceedingly fine player. The game was 500 up, and at the commencement 2 to 1 was offered on the Oxford, and 100 to 30 was subsequently laid. The last break but one brought Mr. Starkey's score to 480, Mr. Payne then made a clipping red hazard, but missed a cannon up and down the table. Mr. Starkey then made 5, then three white hazards and cannon, bringing him to 490. He now missed a cannon, but his opponent's white ball rolled over the bottom pocket, into which he quickly poked it, and the game was over, Oxford winning by 27 points. As amateurs both players certainly distinguished them selves, and their nerve and judgment at critical points of the game would have afforded a wholesome lesson to many professionals of this scientific and skilful amusement. We ma y just mention that both the representatives of the Uni versities have played on previous occasions in a similar match, although not against one another, but they encoun tered each other in the double match in ISO 2. They are certainly the two best players the Universities have hitherto been represented by.